Sathi (1938 film)

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| name = Sathi

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| director = Phani Majumdar

| producer = New Theatres

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| starring = K. L. Saigal
Kanan Devi
Boken Chatto
Shyam Laha

| music = R. C. Boral

| cinematography = Dilip Gupta
Sudish Ghatak

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| studio = New Theatres

| released = {{Film date|1938}}

| runtime = 137 minutes

| country = India

| language = Bengali

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Sathi (English: The Companion) is a 1938 Indian Bengali film directed by Phani Majumdar and produced by New Theatres.{{cite book|last1=Rajadhyaksha, Willemen|first1=Ashish, Paul|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|date=2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781135943257|pages=277|edition=2, revised|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SLkABAAAQBAJ&q=sathi+1938&pg=PA277|access-date=3 Sep 2014}} It was the Bengali version of Street Singer and the film was the debut of Phani Majumdar as a director.{{cite book|last1=Raj|first1=Ashok|title=Hero Vol.1, Volume 1 Bollywood series|date=2009|publisher=Hay House, Inc|isbn=9789381398029|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tgo9BAAAQBAJ&q=sathi+1938&pg=PT76|access-date=3 Sep 2014}} The film's cast includes K. L. Saigal, Kanan Devi, Boken Chatto, Amar Mullick, Sailen Chowdhury, and Shyam Laha.{{cite web|title=Saathi 1938|url=http://www.citwf.com/film301643.htm|website=citwf.com|publisher=Alan Goble|access-date=3 Sep 2014}} The story involves two young street children growing up together, singing in the streets and hoping to make it big in the show world. The film was one of Saigal's "most famous films" and a "classic" as far the music and songs of the films were concerned. The music was composed by R. C. Boral with lyrics by Ajoy Bhattacharya.{{cite web|title=Kanan Devi Bangla Gaan|url=http://kanan-devi-bangla.tripod.com/|website=kanan-devi-bangla.tripod.com|access-date=3 Sep 2014}}